2026-01-16
•3 min read
witches
monsters and myths
Aswang: The Viscera Eater
By day, she is a shy village woman. By night, she splits at the waist and hunts for the unborn. The Aswang is the supreme shapeshifter of the Philippines.
philippine-mythologyshapeshiftersvampires+2
monsters and myths
Baba Yaga: The Iron Nose
She is the Grandmother of the Forest. She travels in a mortar, steers with a pestle, and lives in a house that walks on chicken legs. She is not evil, but she is certainly not safe.
2026-01-16
•3 min read
slavic-mythologywitchesforest-spirits+2
monsters and myths
Manananggal: The Severed Hunter
She looks like a normal woman by day. But at night, she severs her torso from her legs, grows bat wings, and flies into the night to hunt for the unborn.
2026-01-16
•2 min read
philippine-folklorevampiresbody-horror+2
monsters and myths
Rangda: The Demon Queen
She is the Active Agent of Chaos. The Mother of Parasites. Rangda brings the plague to Bali, and she is always hungry.
2026-01-16
•2 min read
balinese-mythologydemonswitches+2
monsters and myths
Skinwalker: The Witch That Wears Fur
We do not speak its name. To speak it is to invite it. It is a witch who has gained the power to transform into an animal by committing the ultimate taboo.
2026-01-16
•2 min read
native-american-folklorenavajoshapeshifters+2
monsters and myths
Soucouyant: The Fireball Witch
She looks like a harmless old woman during the day. But at night, she sheds her wrinkled skin, turns into a ball of fire, and flies through the window to drink your blood.
2026-01-16
•2 min read
caribbean-folkloretrinidadvampires+2
monsters and myths
Strigoi: The Undead of Romania
Long before Dracula, there was the Strigoi. The troubled dead who rise from the grave to drink the blood of their families and drain the milk from the cattle.
2026-01-16
•2 min read
romanian-folklorevampiresundead+2